the statement of Rep. Paul Ryan on "Meet the Press" that was contained in the story. He stated Obama's budget is exploiting "envy economics." He also stated "top-down distribution doesn't work. We've been doing it for six years."

Ryan, being born in 1970, has no concept of what the top tax rate was actually like when Republican President Eisenhower was in office. It is possible, but highly unlikely, he can remember what the top tax rate was like when President Reagan, also a Republican, took office and what it was when he left office. However, Ryan should remember Reaganomics and its trickle-down theory.

With this in mind, you now can say the working class has suffered with Reagan policies for the last 34 years. It is a well-known fact that the number of working poor has exploded, and the number of millionaires and billionaires has increased to a point where a few — about 10 percent — own about 90 percent of the nation's wealth.